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UN General Assembly widely supports a Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end its occupation
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly strongly supported a nonbinding Palestinian resolution Wednesday demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence" in Gaza and the occupied West Bank wi...
Sep 18, 2024
Conservatives' non-confidence motion will make no mention of carbon price
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has confirmed he will ask the other opposition parties to bring down the Liberal government next week with a non-confidence motion. A Conservative spokesp...
Sep 18, 2024
Critics going after energy minister's stance on abandoned wells
Critics say Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean's suggestions on how the province might clean up its thousands of abandoned oil wells favour industry and lack input from the public. Jean's department i...
Sep 18, 2024
Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps go from hunters to hunted in 2024-25 figure skating season
With gold medals freshly around their necks, Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps didn't miss a step during the figure skating off-season. The Canadian pairs team leapt to the top at the world c...
Sep 18, 2024
Justice Department sues over Baltimore bridge collapse and seeks $100M in cleanup costs
BALTIMORE (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday sued the owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse, seeking to recover more than $100 million that the gov...
Sep 18, 2024
Rogers Communications to buy out Bell's share of MLSE for $4.7 billion
TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. is buying out Bell's 37.5 per cent share of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for $4.7 billion, giving it 75 per cent ownership of the sports conglomerate. Rog...
Sep 18, 2024
Salvatore 'Toto' Schillaci, the Italy striker who was top scorer at World Cup in 1990, dies at 59
ROME (AP) - Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci, the Italy striker who was top scorer at its home World Cup in 1990, has died. He was 59. Schillaci had been hospitalized in Palermo following treatment for colo...
Sep 18, 2024
In the news today: Foreign interference inquiry resumes, Indigenous artist recognized
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Inquiry to hear from MPs targeted by meddling A federal inquiry into foreign interference is slated to hear to...
Sep 18, 2024
Public inquiry to hear from current, former MPs targeted by foreign meddling
OTTAWA - A federal inquiry into foreign interference is slated to hear today from current and former politicians who have been singled out by meddlers. Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole, Conserv...
Sep 18, 2024
Zhao bounced by Shnaider in Korea Open women's singles
SEOUL - Diana Shnaider only needed 71 minutes Tuesday night to show Canadian Carol Zhao why she's considered one of the favourites to win the women's singles title at the Hana Bank Korea Open. The fou...
Sep 18, 2024